Turner is Longtime Spartanburg School District Five Superintendent Dr. Scott Turner, longtime Superintendent of Spartanburg School District Five, will join Greenville County Schools (GCS) as Deputy Superintendent, effective July 1. …

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Honda R&D Americas Inc. will be the co-sponsor for Deep Orange 11, a sustainability-focused concept vehicle to be conceived and designed by automotive engineering students at the Clemson University International Center…

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Furman University’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee has announced the recipients of its Meritorious Diversity and Inclusion Awards. The awards are given to a current Furman faculty member, staff member and…

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The Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA) announces the addition of Clemson University as South Carolina’s newest Teaching Fellows Institution. The school will accept its first cohort of…

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Greenville Technical Charter High School was one of 22 Greenville County organizations to be awarded a grant as part of the Greenville Health Authority’s “Healthy Greenville” program. The awards, which…

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More than 330 graduates participated in Greenville Technical College’s Commencement Exercises held Friday, May 10 at the Greenville Convention Center. Two graduates — Victoria Blackwell and Zachary S. Romanick –were…

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  Family and friends of the late Jackye Murphy gathered April 26 at Tri-County Technical College to honor the life of a loved one and to celebrate the endowment of…

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Furman University awarded 637 undergraduate and master’s degrees and presented its top academic honors during graduation exercises Saturday, May 11 in Timmons Arena. The Donaldson-Watkins and the Bradshaw-Feaster Medals for…

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  Anderson native Hubert McClure, who has been teaching mathematics classes at Tri-County Technical College since 1995, was honored May 6 with the highest award presented to the faculty.  He…

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Among the 16 patents issued to Clemson University researchers in 2018 were technologies for improving on-site building construction with a sustainable building system, purifying lignins and self-healing polymer coatings that…

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Join us this summer for Summer Reading at CDS! Beginning Wednesday June 12th through Wednesday August 7th, all rising 1st through 6th graders in the Upstate are welcome to come…

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Twenty-one years ago Rhonda Morgan was reading the weekly shoppers guide and spotted an employment advertisement for a victim’s advocate, at the time a new state-mandated position in the Oconee…

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Everyone knows that singing into a microphone produces sound, but one that also creates light will be in downtown Greenville this weekend, as Clemson University helps one of the nation’s…

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Interested students invited to learn more at May open houses Greenville Technical College will begin offering a new accelerated associate degree program this Fall Semester that can be completed in…

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  Richard Reeves, who has taught biology classes and laboratories at Tri-County Technical College since 2011, received the College’s 2019 Adjunct Faculty Presidential Award May 1. This award is given…

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The Greenville Tech Foundation has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Healthy Greenville, Too program to improve dental care in the community. The funding will be used to purchase…

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Greenville Technical College’s Marketing and Communications department has been honored with a national gold award from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR), which recognizes outstanding achievement in…

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  Over 600 students will receive degrees at the 92nd annual commencement of Bob Jones University Friday, May 3. The two-hour program begins at 2 p.m. in BJU’s Founder’s Memorial…

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Photo: Brian Easler, transportation technologies department head at Greenville Technical College (GTC); Rick Todd, president and CEO, South Carolina Trucking Association; George C. (Buddy) Smith, fleet sales manager, southeast region,…

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Erskine College and Theological Seminary will mark the completion of the 2018-19 academic year with a commencement ceremony Saturday, May 4, at 10:30 a.m. under the towers of the Erskine…

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Jane S. Sosebee, state President, AT&T South Carolina, will deliver Tri-County Technical College’s spring commencement address. The ceremony will be held Monday, May 6, at 6 p.m. at Clemson University’s…

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Furman Associate Professor of Education Katie Kelly has published a new book with co-author Lester Laminack, consultant and professor emeritus at Western Carolina University. The book, “Reading to Make a…

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The Riley Institute at Furman University has received a $310,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for its White-Riley-Peterson (WRP) Policy Fellowship program. The WRP Fellowship equips graduates with…

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Three Clemson University seniors who are headed to graduate school and three alumni who are in graduate school are receiving one of the nation’s top honors for graduate students. The…

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Bob Jones University today named a portion of its Student Center “Sargent Memorial” in honor of Earle and Eleanor Sargent, founders of the Sargent Foundation. Over the last four years,…

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Dr. Jessica Williams, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Converse, was honored by South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities at the…

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For the fifth year, TD Bank will present “Artists in Bloom,” a fundraising event benefitting the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH), on Thursday, April 25…

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Students to pitch ideas in April 25 event for share of $10,000 seed money Wofford College juniors Duncan Williams and Grant Wollam can give great advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. After…

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The Bob Jones University Board of Trustees recently met for its annual spring meeting on the University campus. During the meeting, trustees approved the fiscal year 2020 operating and capital…

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Furman University English professors Nicholas F. Radel and Michele Speitz have been selected for summer residencies at the National Humanities Center (NHC) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The NHC…

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Furman Professor of Politics and International Affairs Danielle Vinson has been awarded a 2019 Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc. (SCICU). A faculty…

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Galen DeHay, president elect at Tri-County Technical College, is among the 40 leaders nationwide selected by the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program to join the 2019-2020 class of the Aspen…

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